43 drivers?

Question

Why are there 43 drivers in a NASCAR race? I mean why not 42 or 44 or whatever? Why 43?

Answer 1

Who knows. Lol its a tribute to The King Richard Petty.

Answer 2

Scott got it right.

Answer 3

if it were up to me I'd tell you. I think it's because the pit road only is long enough to 43 stalls.

Answer 4

can SomEONE tell LENNY D...that Junior is OVERATED and that JEFF GORDON has a LEGACY which is BECAUSE of the PAST and that DALE JR will never have one...this is why the past matters...WHAT YOU DO IN THE PAST, WILL ECHO ON FOR ETERNITY....but NOT JUNIOR!!

Answer 5

Q: Why was it decided to have 43 NASCAR vehicles in the CUP and NATIONWIDE races?

A: In the early days of NASCAR, there were some tracks where there were no limits to the size of the field. At Darlington, for instance, there were as many as 75 cars in the field and at Daytona, there have been as many as 50. Over the years, the size of the field began to evolve. It was 40 for the large tracks and 32 for the small tracks in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Then it became 42 for the large tracks and 36 for the small/short tracks. Then the champion’s provisional moved it up to 43 and NASCAR made the 43-car starting field universal at all tracks.

Answer 6

Will someone tell Gordon Empire that society needs a favor and he's the only man for the job.

The favor needed:  a bullet between your eyes.

Answer 7

What Scott said

Answer 8

Scott, you are DA MAN!!

Empire dude, are you trolling?

Answer 9

What he said.^^^^^^

Answer 10

Scott is smart 2 points for me

Answer 11

wow scott

Answer 12

WTG Scott...great answer and so fast..I was still looking it up..lol